Sharon Dogar is a children's psychotherapist who lives in Oxford, England with her family. She discovered Anne Frank's diary as a child and the again recently when her daughter started reading it. While writing and researching this book, she spent many hours soaking up the atmosphere of the Annex.
"While Annexed does not depend upon a prior reading of The Diary of
a Young Girl for interest or understanding, readers of that book
will appreciate the opportunity to see Anne Frank's story given a
benefit it could not have: hindsight."--The Horn Book, starred
review "Readers are enlightened and deeply moved....Annexed is a
superb addition to the Holocaust literature, and should not be
missed."--School Library Journal, starred review
"Showing equal skill in bringing history to life and in capturing
the spirit of a young man searching for his identity amid chaos,
Dogar has written a novel as provocative as it is
devastating."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "The lines between
written record, educated guess, and fictional construct are
fascinatingly blurred here. . .made all the more so when readers
consider the role perspective, translation, and editing play in the
written record. The book's skillful synthesis of all these facets
should stimulate discussion about the nature of history, fiction,
and truth."--The Bulletin, starred review
"[Annexed] is compassionate and thoughtful, told in a very intimate
way. Dogar gets the claustrophobia of the annexe across
brilliantly, as it escapes in pointless bickering and petty
resentments, but the picture of vital, interesting people with
hopes, dreams, loves and ambitions rises equally vividly from the
pages. Peter himself is wonderfully drawn: painfully shy,
introspective and independent of thought."--The Book Bag (UK) --
"While Annexed does not depend upon a prior reading of The
Diary of a Young Girl for interest or understanding, readers
of that book will appreciate the opportunity to see Anne Frank's
story given a benefit it could not have:
hindsight."--The Horn Book, starred
review "Readers are enlightened and deeply
moved....Annexed is a superb addition to the Holocaust literature,
and should not be missed."--School Library
Journal, starred review
"Showing equal skill in bringing history to life and in capturing
the spirit of a young man searching for his identity amid chaos,
Dogar has written a novel as provocative as it is
devastating."--Publishers Weekly,
starred review "The lines between
written record, educated guess, and fictional construct are
fascinatingly blurred here. . .made all the more so when readers
consider the role perspective, translation, and editing play in the
written record. The book's skillful synthesis of all these facets
should stimulate discussion about the nature of history, fiction,
and truth."--The Bulletin,
starred review
"[Annexed] is compassionate and thoughtful, told in a very intimate
way. Dogar gets the claustrophobia of the annexe across
brilliantly, as it escapes in pointless bickering and petty
resentments, but the picture of vital, interesting people with
hopes, dreams, loves and ambitions rises equally vividly from the
pages. Peter himself is wonderfully drawn: painfully shy,
introspective and independent of thought."--The Book
Bag (UK) --
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